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Pew: 7-in-10 have shot guns, owners have for ‘self protection’

By Paul Bedard
Published June 22, 2017 5:26pm ET
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Pew: 7-in-10 have shot guns, owners have for ‘self protection’
An eye-popping seven-in-10 of all Americans have shot a gun, and those who own them say the main reason is for self protection by an overwhelming margin, according to a sweeping new survey on guns in America. The Pew Research Center found a shocking percentage of Americans have handled a gun, even if they don’t […]

An eye-popping seven-in-10 of all Americans have shot a gun, and those who own them say the main reason is for self protection by an overwhelming margin, according to a sweeping new survey on guns in America.

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